[1]THE PUNJAB SUSPENSION OF LOCAL COUNCILS
ORDINANCE 1999
( LIV of 1999)
[14th December, 1999]
An
Ordinance
to provide for the suspension of the Local
Council constituted under the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 1979 (VI of
1979)
Preamble.—
Whereas it is expedient to suspend the Local Councils constituted under the
Punjab Local Government Ordinance 1979 (VI of 1979).
Now therefore pursuant to the instructions of the Chief
Executive of Pakistan under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution
(Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999 (Chief Executive’s Order No.9 of 1999) the
Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promulgate the following
Ordinance:-
1.
Short title
and commencement.— (1) This Ordinance may be called the Punjab Suspension
of Local Councils Ordinance, 1999.
(2)
It shall come into force at once.
2.
Suspension
of Local Councils.— (1) On the commencement of this Ordinance —
(i)
all members of the Local Councils constituted under the
Punjab Local Government Ordinance 1979 (VI of 1979) shall stand suspended; and
(ii)
all office bearers holding any office on the basis of
being a member of the Local Councils referred to in sub-clause (i) shall cease
to hold office.
(2)
All powers and functions of the Local Councils shall be
exercised and performed by such persons or authorities as the Government may
appoint in this behalf as Administrators.
(3)
All funds and property belonging to the Local Councils
shall during the period of suspension vest in the Government.
[1] Promulgated by the
Governor of the Punjab on 13 December 1999; and published in the Punjab Gazette
(Extraordinary), dated 14 December 1999, pp.1543-44. Under Article 4 of the
Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), it will remain in
force notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under
Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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